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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - 2.9.1
France, August 3-17, 2003
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Stage 4 - August 6: Val d'Allos - Puy-Saint-Vincent, 35 km
Luperini wins shortened stage
Somarriba takes overall lead
For the second time in two days, the organisers of La Grande Boucle Féminine had to shorten the stage, with today's scheduled 116 km between Val d'Allos and Puy-Saint-Vincent being reduced to just 35 km owing to bad road conditions. Fabiana Luperini (Team 2002) triumphed in the stage ahead of Nicole Brändli (Prato Marathon Bike) and Joane Somarriba (Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco), with the latter taking over the race leader's jersey after three solid rides in three days.
The stage, which promised to be the toughest in the Grand Boucle, ended up including just one climb - the Cat. 2 rise to the finish in Puy-Saint-Vincent. With just 35 km to play with, the riders started attacking from the outset, but nothing stuck until Luperini, Brändli and Somarriba escaped and fought out the stage win on the final climb. The three remained together, with Luperini winning the sprint.
Fourth at 33 seconds was Edita Pucinskaite (Michela Fanini) while race leader Olga Zabelinskaia (Velodames-Colnago) came in at 1'26 and lost the overall lead to Somarriba, who now has 1'02 on the Russian.
Results
1 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 1.04.41 2 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 3 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 4 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 0.33 5 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.26 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 2.32 7 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 2.37 8 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 2.42 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 2.52 10 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 11 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 2.57 12 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 13 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 14 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 3.50 15 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 3.15 16 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 3.47 17 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 3.51 18 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 6.27 19 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 6.29 20 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 21 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 6.32 22 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 23 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 24 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 6.36 25 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 26 Birgit Sˆllner (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 27 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 28 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 6.45 29 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 7.00 30 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 9.37 31 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 9.43 32 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 9.59 33 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 11.36 34 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 12.25 35 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 14.11 36 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 37 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 22.38 38 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 39 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 40 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 41 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 42 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team 43 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 44 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 45 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 46 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 47 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 48 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 49 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 50 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 51 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 52 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 53 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 54 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 55 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 56 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 57 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 58 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 59 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 60 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 61 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 62 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team DNS Valentina Polkhanova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago General classification after stage 4 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 9.59.15 2 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.02 3 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 1.55 4 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 3.45 5 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 3.59 6 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 7.54 7 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 8.00 8 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 10.06 9 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 11.28 10 Luisa Tamanini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 13.06 11 Marianna Lorenzoni (Ita) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 13.41 12 Katrina Grove (USA) Team S.A.T.S 15.23 13 Tina Liebig (Ger) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 16.21 14 Valentina Karpenko (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 18.01 15 Eneritz Iturriaga (Spa) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 18.58 16 Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 20.56 17 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 21.09 18 Karine Dalmais (Fra) French National Team 22.50 19 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 23.15 20 Anita Valen (Nor) Bik-Powerplate 26.54 21 Ioulia Martissova (Rus) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 27.50 22 Emma James (Aus) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 30.00 23 Sonia Huguet (Fra) French National Team 31.10 24 Lisbeth Simper (Den) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 32.32 25 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 32.42 26 Sara Carrigan (Aus) Bik-Powerplate 34.42 27 Nadia Triquet (Fra) French National Team 37.37 28 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 42.55 29 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 44.16 30 Volha Hayeva (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 51.07 31 Birgit Sˆllner (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 57.46 32 Erika Vilunaite (Ltu) Prato Marathon Bike 58.09 33 Giovanna Troldi (Ita) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.02.24 34 Mette Andreasen Fischer (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.02.31 35 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 1.05.29 36 Marta Evangelisti (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.07.34 37 Trine Hansen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.07.58 38 Corinne Sempe (Fra) French National Team 1.09.59 39 Sabrina Emmasi (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 1.11.00 40 Youlia Razenkova (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 1.11.25 41 Christina Peick Andersen (Den) Team S.A.T.S 1.13.20 42 Irene Puccioni (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 1.16.29 43 Sylvie Riedle (Fra) Les Pruneaux d'Agen 1.19.38 44 Meredith Miller (USA) Team S.A.T.S 1.22.12 45 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 46 Alison Wright (Aus) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.24.40 47 Helen Kelly (Aus) Team S.A.T.S 1.25.59 48 Francesca Castrucci (Ita) Prato Marathon Bike 1.28.51 49 Magalie Finot Laivier (Fra) French National Team 1.29.46 50 Azucena Sanchez (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 1.32.26 51 Letizia Giardinelli (Ita) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 1.33.05 52 Kirsty Robb (NZl) Bik-Powerplate 1.42.16 53 Stefani Kortekaas (Ned) Bik-Powerplate 1.45.04 54 Emanuela Brigati (Ita) Road Runner - Guerciotti Cycling Team 1.46.43 55 Montserrat Alonso Bernal (Spa) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 1.47.32 56 Cathy Moncassin (Fra) French National Team 1.50.21 57 Cristina Alcalde Huertanos (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 58 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Team Catalunya-Aliverti-Kookai 59 Petra Rossner (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 1.57.16 60 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 61 Iosune Murillo Elkano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 62 Agurtzane Elorriaga Derteano (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco Mountains classification 1 Joane Somarriba Arrola (Spa) Bizkaia Panda Spiuk Sabeco 29 Pts 2 Nicole Brandli (Swi) Prato Marathon Bike 25 3 Fabiana Luperini (Ita) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 23 4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr) Velodames-Colnago 21 5 Jolanta Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 15 6 Olga Zabelinskaia (Rus) Velodames-Colnago 14 7 Edita Pucinskaite (Ltu) S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox 12 8 Judith Arndt (Ger) Equipe N¸rnberger Versicherung 8 9 Rasa Polikeviciute (Ltu) Team 2002 Aurora RSM 8 10 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe) Bik-Powerplate 4
